Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial

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Men's cycling team time trial
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Mexico City
100.00 km (62.1 mi)
Date15 October 1968
Competitors120 from 30 nations
Winning time2:07:49.06
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Fedor den Hertog, Jan Krekels, René Pijnen, Joop Zoetemelk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson, Tomas Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, Pierfranco Vianelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1964
1972  

These are the official results of the Men's Team Time Trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 15 October 1968. There were 120 participants from 30 nations. [1]

Final classification

RankNameNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Fedor den Hertog
Jan Krekels
René Pijnen
Joop Zoetemelk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:07:49.06
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
Sture Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:09:26.60
Bronze medal icon.svg Giovanni Bramucci
Vittorio Marcelli
Mauro Simonetti
Pierfranco Vianelli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:10:18.74
4 Verner Blaudzun
Jørgen Emil Hansen
Ole Højlund Pedersen
Leif Mortensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:12:41.41
5 Thorleif Andresen
Ørnulf Andresen
Tore Milsett
Leif Yli
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:14:32.85
6 Jan Magiera
Zenon Czechowski
Marian Kegel
Andrzej Bławdzin
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 2:14:40.98
7 Juan Alberto Merlos
Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Roberto Breppe
Ernesto Contreras
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:15:34.24
8 Burkhard Ebert
Jürgen Tschan
Ortwin Czarnowski
Dieter Koslar
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 2:15:37.25
9 Boris Shukhov
Aleksandr Dokhlyakov
Yury Dmitriyev
Valery Yardy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:15:39.58
10 Agustín Alcántara
Adolfo Belmonte
Roberto Brito
Radamés Treviño
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:16:08.44
11 John Bettison
Roy Cromack
Pete Smith
John Watson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:16:38.60
12 Nemesio Jiménez
José Gómez
José González
Miguel Lasa
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:16:38.90
13 Klaus Ampler
Günter Hoffmann
Dieter Grabe
Axel Peschel
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 2:17:51.29
14 Donald Wilson
Kevin Morgan
Peter McDermott
Dave Watson
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:18:09.09
15 Jean-Pierre Boulard
Robert Bouloux
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
Claude le Chatellier
Flag of France.svg  France 2:18:35.82
16 Cvitko Bilić
Rudi Valenčič
Tanasije Kuvalja
Franc Škerlj
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:18:52.20
17 András Takács
András Mészáros
Imre Géra
Tibor Magyar
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:20:30.36
18 Michel Coulon
Frans Mintjens
Marcel Grifnée
Englebert Opdebeeck
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:20:52.93
19 Mauno Uusivirta
Ole Wackström
Raimo Honkanen
Raimo Suikkanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:20:55.47
20 John Howard
Oliver Martin
John Allis
Jim Van Boven
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:24:13.50
21 Evaristo Oliva
Francisco Cuque
Jorge Inés
Saturnino Rustrián
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:24:20.7
22 Arnulfo Pozo
Hipólito Pozo
Noé Medina
Victor Morales
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 2:25:15.26
23 Neil Lyster
Richie Thomson
John Dean
Des Thomson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:25:46.47
24 Luis Sosa
Walter Garre
Jorge Jukich
René Deceja
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:25:47.20
25 Joe Jones
Jules Béland
Marcel Roy
Yves Landry
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:27:18.14
26 Yemane Negassi
Fisihasion Ghebreyesus
Mikael Saglimbeni
Tekeste Woldu
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia 2:30:36.79
27 Adrián Solano
José Sánchez
José Manuel Soto
Miguel Ángel Sánchez
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:36:25.79
28 Roberto García
Francisco Funes
Juan Molina
Mauricio Bolaños
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:39:38.39
29 Deng Chueng-hwai
Liu Cheng-tao
Shue Ming-shu
Jiang Guang-nan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:42:13.88
30 Constantin Kabemba
François Ombanzi
Jean Barnabé
Samuel Kibamba
Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg  Congo-Kinshasa 2:42:57.58

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References

  1. "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.